Itinerary - 

Phnom Penh 6 Nights / 5 Courses 

Siem Reap 6 Nights / 3 Courses = 12N / 8C

Highlights -

The people

Famous -

Angkor Wat

Visa -

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Airports -

Phnom Penh International Airport (PNH)

Siem Reap - Angkor International Airport (REP)

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About -

You can do this trip in either direction. Both cities have international airports.

You can travel between the two in your minivan which takes about 5 hours. Or you could take the boat and the van will take all your gear. There is also a 40 minute flight.

Fly in to Phnom Penh and out of Siem Reap if you can.

The courses are pretty close to Phnom Penh so you will have plenty of time to see the sights en-route.

In Siem Reap there is a spare day for Angkor Wat and a rest day.

Stay -

Find something suitable on Booking.com or one of the other hotel booking sites near these areas - 

• Phnom Penh - along the riverfront - try

Ohana Phnom Penh Palace Hotel ***  6N

with it's 2 outdoor spa rooftop pools and restaurant and bar with views down the riverfront

or

 Amanjaya Pancam Suites Hotel ****  6N

with a terrace with riverfront views

• Siem Reap - near Pub  Street - try 

Apsara Centrepole Hotel ****  6N

Pool

or 

Steung Sienreap Hotel **** 6N

Pool

Courses -

Find a reputable agent to help you with the bookings and transport

Phnom Penh

· Garden City Golf Club - Weerayudth Phetbuasak design opened in 2013

· Grand Phnom Penh Golf Club - Jack Nicklaus design

· Cambodia Golf and Country Club - Phnom Penh's first golf course opened in 1996 - has a pool

· Royal Cambodia Phnom Penh Golf Club - Hun Sens favourite

· Vattanac Golf Resort - 2 x Nick Faldo designed courses  with temples you will recognise in Angkor on the course.

Siem Reap

 Angkor Golf Resort - Nick Faldo designed, best course in the country. Opened in 2007

· Phokeethra Country Club - Home of the Cambodian Open - major renovations in 2018

· Siem Reap Boonyoung Country Club  -  Kentaro Sato designed

Eat -

Amok / Happy Pizza / Fried Tarantulas / Pong tia koon / Ecstatic Pizza / Grilled Frog / Fried Scorpions / Fire Ants 

Amok - creamy coconut fish curry - the National Dish

Banana Blossom Salad - The best

Green Mango Salad

Khmer Red Curry

Lok Lak - stir fried beef in sauce

Cambodian Hotpot

Bamboo Sticky Rice

Pumpkin Duck Egg Custard

Street Food - where ever you see it

Phnom Penh

Friends the Restaurant / Trains young Cambodians

Phnom Penh Night Market

FCC - Foreign Correspondents Club

Burger Cousins

Late Night - Katy Peri's Peri Peri Chicken and Pizza made in the back of a Tuk Tuk

Siem Reap

Pub Street - Red Piano

Khmer Kitchen Restaurant

Sundowners -

Phnom Penh

FCC - Foreign Correspondents Club, a local institution

At a rooftop bar

On a Sunset Cocktail and BBQ cruise

Siem Reap

Sunrise and / or Sunset at the temples

19th, 20th etc -

Learn how to order Angkor beer or Anchor beer and get the right one

Phnom Penh

Riverside Bars / Heart of Darkness

Streets - 54 / 104 / 118 / 130 / 136 /and 172

Siem Reap

Pub Street

Red Piano - have a tomb raider named after one of their famous customers

The Funky Village - 24 hours

Longs Bar - alcoholic ice cream floats / spiders

Side Trips -

Phnom Penh

Tuol Sleng S-21 - local high school and torture museum where the Khmer Rouge purged many of their own ranks

The Killing Fields - where these victims ended up

Central Market - buy Kampot Pepper / Russian Market

Seeing Hands Blind Massage

Cambodia Extreme Outdoor Shooting Range

Siem Reap

Angkor Wat - one of the world's wonders

Phare - Cambodian Circus

Cambodia Land Mine Museum

Off Road - Quad bike adventure

Don't miss -

A meal and a show at the North Korean Restaurant - unfortunately all of the government ones have closed - you can still get North Korean food and beer at the Blue Flower restaurant but sadly no show. Which was the best part. keep an ear out to see if any have reopened when you go.

Tips -

• Don't forget to tip your caddies and buy them a few drinks on the way around the course

• Take US dollars. In Cambodia you pay for things US dollars and they give you the change in Cambodian riels which you then give it to your moto dup driver.  A moto dup driver is your two wheeled evening chauffer.

• Get your driver to fill up an esky / cooler full of beer and ice and do your laundry while you are golfing.

• Use your van for side trips and to get dropped off where you want to start your nights out.

• Take lots of golf socks and shorts and tops and a glove or two

• Don't forget to tip your caddy and buy them a few drinks on the way around.

• Always take a change of clothes and have a shower after the game.

• Take plenty of golf clothes and get your driver / host to do everyone's laundry while you're playing.

• Laundry by weight is much cheaper than by the article.

• Take some baby powder with you and use it liberally in your shoes.

• It gets really hot in the hot months - consider a cart and umbrella - you can always pick them up after the front 9

Budget -

Good value for what you get but you will still spend a lot. Accommodation, food and drinks are very reasonable in Cambodia.

Extra -

Look at Thailand in 'Golfing Nomads'

There was talk of building a course that was in both Cambodia and Vietnam. One of the highlights was to be an international drive from one of the tees. It seems to have gone quiet in recent years.